dali1111
Well-Known Member
Does anyone know where I can find a list of all coat colours recognized by AMHA? I'm doing a power point on minis for my university college technology course.
That would be a question to ask the registry.Ok...question. Why is Black Roan and Blue Roan both listed?Blue Roan has always been used to describe Black Roans.
If they really want to be accurate....they would use Black Roan & forget about the Blue Roan.
The AMHA office employees are not as up on coat colors as the owners should be. It's really up to the owners to provide the correct colors on the horses they are registering. Unfortunately, as you know, many horses are registered the incorrect color(s). It is very likely that two horses registered as chestnut could actually be silver bays and therefore produce a blackoffspring. I've seen many silver bays registered as chestnut! And many, many silver dapples registered as grey. And owners are still doing it. I think it's up to the owners to educate themselves. With the advent of coat color/pattern testing, owners should be a lot more accurate when listing the color of their foals at registration.They will still register a Black from two Chestnuts, and do not know the difference between Phenotype and Genotype, or Grey and Silver......or care.
I am certain a lot of people, even today, cannot identify a Chestnut form a Silver Bay, thus, as you say, a Black foal could be born without resort at "hanky panky"The AMHA office employees are not as up on coat colors as the owners should be. It's really up to the owners to provide the correct colors on the horses they are registering. Unfortunately, as you know, many horses are registered the incorrect color(s). It is very likely that two horses registered as chestnut could actually be silver bays and therefore produce a black offspring. I've seen many silver bays registered as chestnut! And many, many silver dapples registered as grey. And owners are still doing it. I think it's up to the owners to educate themselves. With the advent of coat color/pattern testing, owners should be a lot more accurate when listing the color of their foals at registration.They will still register a Black from two Chestnuts, and do not know the difference between Phenotype and Genotype, or Grey and Silver......or care.
I just this week sent the registration papers in to AMHA on a 15 yr old mare to change her color from palomino to silver bay! She doesn't carry a cream gene, but her very light winter coat is sort of a yellowish color. I'm sure her original owner thought by color alone she was palomino. At that time, very little thought was actually given to coat color genetics.
rabbitsfizz,What is wrong is that AMHA should register the foal without querying the colours of the parents!!!
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